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Once again, I gasped

"I didn&039;t mean to startle you, Sa that"

"Soet how easily humans startle Humansand vampires"

"I&039;m not human?"

"You haven&039;t been human for many years, Sam"

"I feel hu above the earth?"

He stepped closer to me, hands clasped behind his back To my eyes he seemed a little taller than I remembered

He nodded "I am taller, Sa particles of light swar unlike anything I had ever seen And to be clear, I&039;ve seen so casually with his hands behind his back, hison air, I saw soht particles were darker particles The darker particles were new toso black Worse, the dark particles see like a disease

"A disease?" he said, nodding thoughtfully "An interesting choice of words, since you yourself often call the darkness living within you a disease"

"There is no darkness in hed, and it was the first ti loss of control Everything prior to that, every move, every word, had seemed almost rehearsed

"What do you think keeps you alive, Samantha Moon? What do you think you feed each and every ti that lives within you"

"I am still me"

"Or so you think"

"I want you to leave"

He continued to approach lide over the street tarmac "You know so little, my dear But I can show you so ht that which lives within you, that which is slowly consu you"

Now he stood before me and, son of a bitch, he was even taller than just a few seconds before By at least another six inches Surely, he was taller now than even Kingsley

I ht

"You&039;re not drea, Sam"

"Get the hell out of my head"

"I&039;m afraid I can&039;t do that"

"Why?"

He reached out and touchedmy face up to his I shivered His touch was hot Alet out of your head Your thoughts are the only place I have sanctuary"